Top 17 Space startups in Germany

Mar 09, 2025 | By Boris Maslennikov

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Funding: €18.4M
ATMOS Space Cargo develops and manufactures space capsules to return cargo from space, microgravity experiments to entire rocket stages.
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Funding: $25.3M
FibreCoat produces thermoplastic-coated fibres for composites and aluminium-coated fibres for shielding applications.
3
Funding: $440.3M
Isar Aerospace provides access to space for small and medium satellites, enabling global satellite constellations.
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Funding: $211.8M
The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates modular and reusable spaceships serving the needs of space stations.
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Funding: $65M
LiveEO provides earth observation technologies and solutions.
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Funding: €48.4M
OroraTech is a software development company that provides thermal intelligence and wildfire solutions from space for a sustainable earth. ​
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Funding: $37.3M
RFA - Rocket Factory Augsburg is a space technologies company offering fast & flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations.
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Funding: €13.5M
Vyoma helps in increasing confidence in space with real-time debris observations and AI, for safe and automated satellite operations.
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Funding: €10.3M
Reflex Aerospace delivers payload-centric, dual-use, secure-by-design satellite technology at unparalleled speed.
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POLARIS Spaceplanes is developing a revolutionary reusable space launch and hypersonic transport system Aurora that operates like an aircraft. Aurora combines aircraft and rocket launcher technologies with a unique vehicle design, and offers a game-changing economic viability as well as opening the door for routine low-cost and safe access to space.
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com